CALIFORNIA POLITICAL NEWS & VIEWS 02/07/2015

Unions Close 29 West Coast Ports—Temper Tantrum Will Cause Massive Loss of Revenues and Jobs By Stephen Frank on Feb 06, 2015 07:56 pm A couple of weeks ago the unions caused the third shift at Los Angeles area ports to close down. That temper tantrum by the unions, to gain operational control of the ports did not work. Starting this weekend all 29 West Coast ports are going to be closed down, temporarily. Tens of thousands of people […] Read More and Comment: Unions Close 29 West Coast Ports—Temper Tantrum Will Cause Massive Loss of Revenues and Jobs Steve Frank: California’s two major government pension systems are ‘endangered’ according to federal criteria By Stephen Frank on Feb 06, 2015 07:52 pm Besides sending out the California Political News and Views, I write a weekly column for the San Marino Tribune. Plus, I do several radio shows every week on a regular schedule. A couple of weeks ago I started writing a weekly article for Watchdog.com a project of the Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity. […] Read More and Comment: Steve Frank: California’s two major government pension systems are ‘endangered’ according to federal criteria UC Berkeley: Queering Agriculture? By Stephen Frank on Feb 06, 2015 07:49 pm Our government universities have gone crazy. Instead of teaching better pesticide methods, how to create more food on less land, learning how technology can improve agriculture, they want to sex up agriculture. Is this what students should be learning in a classroom? Instead they are pretending carrots and lettuce is best grown based on the […] Read More and Comment: UC Berkeley: Queering Agriculture? ReZoning Los Angeles: Can We Legalize a Walkable City? When was it illegal? By Stephen Frank on Feb 06, 2015 07:43 pm Agenda 21 has come to Los Angeles. Planners are trying to change the zoning laws to make WALKING the major transportation method in the city. This means forcing businesses and housing to be together—and the hiring of personnel based on walking distance from work. Massive relocation of assets and resources will be forced on business […] Read More and Comment: ReZoning Los Angeles: Can We Legalize a Walkable City? When was it illegal? ACLU: California DMV Fails at Voter Registration; Lawsuit Possible By Stephen Frank on Feb 06, 2015 07:40 pm Did you know that the Federal government has declared that the Department of Motor Vehicles must not only register voters—but according to the ACLU if everyone getting a license (I wonder if that includes the illegal aliens that Obama is granting $24,000 a year in Earned Income Credit PLUS Social Security so they can get […] Read More and Comment: ACLU: California DMV Fails at Voter Registration; Lawsuit Possible Should Your City Own a Broadband Operation for public use? By Stephen Frank on Feb 06, 2015 07:38 pm Did you know that according to government, broadband is a human right that should not be left up to private corporations? Instead, in city after city, government—using tax dollars—is going into competition with Verizon, Goodge, etc, by creating a government broadband system. Of course, that does make it easier for local government to monitor you—or […] Read More and Comment: Should Your City Own a Broadband Operation for public use? Democrats Propose BILLIONS in New Automobile Taxes By Stephen Frank on Feb 06, 2015 07:34 pm The Democrat Speaker of the Assembly has barely taken hold of the job and is proposing $10 billion in taxes for “transportation”. Maybe she forgot about the billions already spent on the choo cho train—the close to one billion allocated last year for horse trails, bike lanes and walking routes—money from the gas tax. Or […] Read More and Comment: Democrats Propose BILLIONS in New Automobile Taxes California Endowment—Uses Charitable Dollars for Politics to Kill Jobs By Stephen Frank on Feb 06, 2015 07:32 pm The California Endowment is a well-known non-profit organization that has decided to end being a nonprofit, though keeping its tax exemption, and become a lobbyist for radical causes to assure the poor lose their jobs. The California Endowment got a $200,000 “grant” (from who?) to lobby for legislation to raise the minimum wage. They use […] Read More and Comment: California Endowment—Uses Charitable Dollars for Politics to Kill Jobs Want budget stability? Left thinks Property taxes may be the answer By Stephen Frank on Feb 06, 2015 07:29 pm On the 2016 November ballot there will be a measure to keep the Prop. 13 protections for homeowners and take away property tax increase protections from commercial properties. Of course, the moment this passes, the value of California commercial properties will go down. In some cases the new value will be cause banks to call […] Read More and Comment: Want budget stability? Left thinks Property taxes may be the answer Guv Brown Wants Parks to Pay for Themselves!! By Stephen Frank on Feb 06, 2015 07:26 pm Is Guv Brown a secret capitalist? Does he truly believe that government properties need to pay for themselves without tax dollars? “Governor Jerry Brown wants the California State Parks system to be self-supporting. But only six of the 279 parks bring in more money than they cost to run – and the entire system lost […] Read More and Comment: Guv Brown Wants Parks to Pay for Themselves!!   In Case You Missed It: Liberal San Fran Uses Schools to Segregate Success of Black Students Medical Debt Still a Problem Under ObamaCare Law — Despite “Protections” Obamacare takes turn for the worse in CA Compton Vaccination Rate: 93.80% Beverly Hills: 78.33% DMV Issues 57,000 “AB 60″ Driver Licenses In First Month–Less Than 14% pass tests